LVI Panzer Corps

The LVI Panzer Corps was a panzer corps of the German Wehrmacht that existed from February 1941 to May 1945 during World War II. Erich von Manstein led the corps during the advance to Demyansk during Operation Barbarossa, and the corps was used to fight against Soviet partisans behind the Axis front lines. In 1944, the corps was forced to retreat through the Pripet Marshes during Operation Bagration, and the corps suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Seelow Heights. On 2 May 1945, the last remnants of the panzer corps surrendered to the Soviet Union after the Battle of Berlin.